i haven't mapped anything since my last message. i may have a beta this sunday. maybe.
i was busy with other things 

Everyone who is still in for this thing should sound off. I have a feeling we may have lost a few over the months... probably too long of a deadline and people forgot about it... Personally I had to start from scratch so will be a push to finish buy the deadline, but I'll give it a shot 

Hi!

I have been a bit busy with with things, but I will finish what I started. I would like to know who is still in so I can figure out how many library rooms I need to make, original plan was to have 3 rooms (5 - 7 mapper) per each?

Just say "I am in" "I will make it" and that should be enough. If you're struggling with something just freely email me (read the online document mail is there). I can provide demos and feedback the best I can.

If some kind of closer deadline would motivate you personally to try your best, I will give it here, 24th of this month lets try you who haven't got done much to squeeze out some creative spirit, what do you say? I will wait at least someone mailing me, so I can help you to polish them. I know you can create something awesome, and help is always there available.

Cheers everyone, hope you still have energy towards this project. 

I haven't forgot about it, in fact I had to postpone some stuff because I have to finish my map first.

I just have to finish polishing two areas, put the enemies in and beta testing will be a go. 

 

I will make it.
my map will be really small,but it may have some nice gameplay.

Can I have a track to go with my map? 

Don't want to spoil anything,but could you make the last date 4 March? My mom won't let me use my PC 

You can use one of the regular quake tracks in your map. Select one of your brushes, add a "sounds" class and set the number of the track you want ("02" or "04" etc.) 

Well I'm not sure how many we have left, and who we have lost along the way. My map is still a way from being finished, but I'm going to try to haul ass on it over the next week (have been putting in some hours over the last few days) and might just sneak in by deadline...

It seems from a rough count we have 5 definite maps, but more people may come out of the woodwork once the deadline rolls around. People aren't really updating the QUMP google doc, so many people are still at the "first brush in Trenchbroom" or "planning" phase. It may be that people realized how hard mapping for quake could prove for a newcomer (I've certainly found it a challenge in some respects) and quietly disappeared from the project :)

So people, please update your area of the google doc with your progress, report in here with "I AM STILL IN" and we'll try to do the best we can :) 

Because we are talking about newcomers, I would recommed extending deadline but this time maybe consider using discord, that way people could be more in touch and focused. And of course help could be closer.

It could be of course more off-topic / less serious, and someone needs be a moderator there but in overall I think that would be ideal. Maybe having own page for each map and then general page where you Hexenmapper could mostly announce news and things that considers everyone. Of course sending betas would be easier and feedback much faster, sending screenshots etc.

What do you say? I am myself a bit busy atm with the episode jam, and finishing/polishing start map will takes some time. And maybe after april 2th it is still under work, but I will do it eventually no worriers. 

Good Idea. I've never used discord, but I'll look into it. I guess we'll find out when the deadline hits as to who's still in. Extending the deadline could work, but probably not too much as people seem to lose interest / forget about the project over the course of a few months. 

Atm I think, it is just better to keep up some noise, and eventually some people might get interested again* 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwxYkKdSD855d2VITGlUdmYwWUE/view?usp=sharing 

Sealing the map and adding additional enemies and items are ongoing right now, and after that I'll spend the following days and week doing beta testing.

Setting a discord server would be nice as well, so we're better organized, and I won't say no to an extended deadline, if it's not big, something like 8th of April, but that's something we'll see if there's not enough content on the 1st. 

Looks great as always Newhouse!

I'll look into setting up a discord.

My map is sealing and coming along, I realized it can't be too big (as you teleport back to the other side of the map!?) so I've cut it down a bit. Also sealing up and compiling as I go just to make sure everything is working. Trying to stick to sane brushwork this time - no crazy overlapping rotated brushes all over the place. Make things easier and quicker too.

Rough progress shot:
http://imgur.com/h09iYsW 

Ok We have a discord now:

https://discord.gg/eWx4XHu 

Nice going HexenMapper, keep it up! 

I haven't been keeping up with this thread but current progress shots look cool :) 

yeah
i started from zero, this is harder than i thought. and i'm not an art or creative type of guy

it's also time consuming. i like it, but don't expect quality for now. it will be a boxy box map of boxes. or perhaps not so boxy, but very small.

in any case, i will submit something. in the worst case it will be a very small map. 

I've been busy, and working on my map on and off, however I should have a playable beta by April 1. If the deadline could be extended to account for testing and tweaks that would be lovely. 

We're going to extend the deadline (slightly)

Try to have your mapping done by April 1st,

And then you'll have until April 17th to test, fault-find, balance, polish, etc.

Good Luck!

Join us at the discord if you haven't already to discuss your map, get help, get playtesting, etc:
https://discord.gg/eWx4XHu 

Hello everybody,

I'm most likely every day 24/7 available in https://discord.gg/eWx4XHu
We can together discuss via PM, or in your own page locally. I can provide demos and prefabs for more difficult stuff for something you might want to have included in your map. We will together ensure map's quality the best we can.

I will teach colored lighting, how functional entities work etc. if you're struggling with something, it is always faster to ask directly and get the simple answers immediately. And that time you can personally spend on creating something great*

So don't be afraid to join in, there is still plenty of time and you're not alone with this. Main goal is to motivate new mappers, and ensure their first release be something to be proud of. Deadlines are not written in stone. So even if you spot this message a bit later, just freely ask and I think answer is positive yes.

I will be continuing start map, starting from April 2th, making extra teleports there is no big deal. 

In early March, my HDD crashed and I lost some of the work. And about 3 weeks not practiced mapping. Yesterday I setup JACK for Quake, and restart my map from early saved copy. 

Hello DOOMer, feel free to visit qump discord page, we will create your own page after that. There should be a quite enough time, deadline is not written in stone and people have rough deadline 17th April, but if some maps are close to finishing at that point, extra time will be most likely given. And even if you're quick, feel free to beta test others maps and share feedback, I think they will appreciate it* 

Hey doomer, join us in the discord:

https://discord.gg/eWx4XHu

We can provide playtests / demos and feedback :)